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[Tim Bernhard <ohiomoto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Haven't screen-savers been around forever?  Should most hardware be able to
handle them?  Does Lubuntu need to be stripped down further?

I sort of think that many users expect a screen-saver built into their OS. I
know my mother-in-law loves them for some reason. :)  Personally, I have no
use for screen-savers, especially since I'm concerned with maximizing
battery life.  But Lubuntu needs to satisfy all users.

Would shipping Lubuntu with xscreensaver disabled by default be a better
option?

Also, I hate screen locks on my machines.  I would NOT want my screen to
lock every time it went blank.  Having it as an option would be nice, but
not as default.

Tim


On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:23:36 -0300
> Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset <jpxsat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Lubuntu team:
> >
> > Since Lubuntu is targeted for low-spec computers, xcreensaver is not a
> good
> > choice to use since it causes problems such as:
> > - In my three (old) machines I must kill the xcreensaver daemon in order
> to
> > be able to install the system.
> > - The idea is to make a good-looking effect but with older video cards
> the
> > screensaver hangs or it is terribly slow.
> > In fact in those three machines, once Lubuntu is installed I just remove
> > xcreensaver and let the power-manager doing the trick of shutting-off my
> > screen. It saves me from another app-running and the effect wanted is
> done
> > (and even better since it shutts the screen off, it doesn't blank it...
> so
> > it's *more energy efficiency for Lubuntu*)
> > Speaking about this to Julien he pointed me to a problem I haven't seen:
> > "lock the screen".
> > So, Googling a little i've found xtrlock, something very lightweigth to
> use
> > that locks the screen until you type your user pass: everything is locked
> > and your mouse pointer becomes a blue lock (but since the screen will be
> > off, you won't tell ;)
> > The way to implement this would be that as soon as the power-manager
> shuts
> > off the screen it launches the xtrlock... but this would take Lubuntu
> devs
> > to perform the task of coding it into the gnome-power-manager.
> >
> > I stop here, waiting for reactions and good-wellcoming :)
> >
> >
> I think I've commented before about screen-savers.  I have never seen a
> justifiable reason for there existence apart from locking the machine if
> required..  They serve no other purpose, other than using energy,  like you,
> I either disable or remove them from my machines.  Your idea for locking the
> machine for those that require this function but, it's a bit late in the
> cycle for anything new to be implemented as feature freeze occurs at the end
> of the month.  I would suggest putting it on launchpad as a feature request.
>
> --
> Steve Cook (Yorvyk)
>
> http://lubuntu.net
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